This book also includes, as an epilogue, a new essay by Pop Emeritus Benedict XVI on clerical sex abuse, tracing the moral disorder that preys upon the young to the collapse of faith both inside and outside the Church.--Page 4 of cover. Collection of speeches, sermons and essays delivered elsewhere between 2000 and 2019.

What is Europe? Europe: its spiritual foundations today and tomorrow -- Reflections on Europe -- Politics and morality. Political visions and the praxis of politics -- That which holds the world together: the prepolitical moral foundations of a free state -- Responsibility for the peace. In search of peace -- Faith in the triune God, and peace in the world -- The responsibility of Christians for peace -- The grace of reconciliation -- Epilogue: the church and the scandal of sexual abuse.